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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
3
A Wisconsin minister sues to recover two unpaid wedding fees after months of waiting. The piece notes the era of costly weddings and adds a quip about Corean ministers adopting American dress in Washington as an aside.
The 56th Congress section reports continued discussion of the financial bill in the Senate while a favorable report favors creating a Department of Commerce and Industries with cabinet status. The House reports tariff rates for goods from Puerto Rico. a free silver substitute is offered in the Senate. credentials for John H Gear are presented. 35 private pension bills pass. The Senate briefly acts on a Boer resolution and then reconsideration delays its fate. The House is not in session and only minor action occurs.
A man said to have married twenty wives weeps bitterly as a jury sends him to the penitentiary in Chicago. The episode illustrates human complexity and contrasts a potential reaction to twenty wives with the restraint shown inside prison.
The American liner Paris, once believed lost after a perilous near miss at the Manacles, has arrived at the Belfast shipyard. After further mishaps she will be repaired and returned to service, with owners noting the ship’s overall ups and downs but one more up than down seals their satisfaction.
Sailors aboard the Baltimore barkentine Hattie G Dixon refused to sleep in the forecastle after spotting balls of fire described as ghostly lights. The ship carried phosphorus, and the captain learned rats rubbing against it produced the eerie glow, a phenomenon that would have amused the Speckosophical society.
The new Kearsarge will be commissioned this month preserving the historic name of the vessel that sank the Alabama. The old Kearsarge, a steam sloop of war, would be nearly obsolete today like the sailing frigate Constitution or Nelson era ships. The new Kearsarge ranks among the most powerful battleships at sea.
The article notes France seeks Egypt for a century with Napoleon the last to hold it briefly. It claims French aims persist despite fate and repeated failures, with talk and planning dominating since Napoleon's era.
A judge upheld a baby's right to yell in New York City limits after an old bachelor attacked a woman in his flat due to the infant’s disturbance. The man, held on heavy bail, arrested the mother as maintainer of a nuisance, as the judge backed the child’s right to shout at two in the morning.
The Isla de Luzon, a 1030-ton Spanish warship raised by Hobson after Dewey sunk it at Manila, has been commissioned in Hong Kong. Built in 1887, it speeds at 16 knots and, with light draft, is expected to be an efficient vessel for Philippine service. Isla de Cuba and Don Juan de Austria will be ready for active service soon.
Dr Edward Everett Hale of Boston argues that animals should be kept in every schoolhouse. He claims lambs cats dogs and rabbits can teach pupils kindness and humanity by accompanying their masters to class.
The New York bicycle show stirs interest in the sport and a study of 1900 models finds no violent innovations. Modifications meet the approval of the real wheeling fraternity not scorchers. Handlebars gain a twist with upturned bars becoming common signaling a shift to sensible riding. Factories report rising business.
Admiral Dewey is awarded a gold medal by the Union League Club of Brooklyn in honor of his feat at Manila Bay. The president names Commander Richard Wainwright as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and notes an honorary membership for him in London’s Columbia Lodge of Master Masons. Gen. Lawton’s funeral is held at Arlington with the president and 3,000 soldiers in attendance. Government exports for January total 64,329,593 dollars, down from 74,729,763 in January 1899, while U S trade with Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii the Philippines and Samoa shows continued rapid gain.
The death of Mother Elizabeth Strange founder of the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh is noted. Ex Senator William M. Bywarts marked his 82nd birthday in New York and remains blind. Cleric John Wesley Merritt dies in Concord at 92. Weekly exchange totals reach 1.8079 billion with 245 business failures. Walter Kennedy dies in Boston of pneumonia. In Jersey City James B Brown is hanged for murder. In New York Roland B Molineux is found guilty of first degree murder.
The report notes divergent legislative gatherings in Kentucky and Tennessee style actions in London and Louisville, a peace accord unsigned by Acting Gov Taylor, a farmer killed by his grandson in Washington state, Chicago ambulance volunteers bound for South Africa, a Custer tornado death toll, a hanging in Birmingham, and industrial lockouts in Chicago. Other items include a ship survey for a Pacific cable, lynch talk in Chicago, a Cuban official’s peaceful trip, the inventor Gilpin Moore’s death, Missouri convention plans, a Port Arthur mob execution, a National Anti-Trust league meeting, a gas tragedy in Chicago, and Kentucky Gov Taylor’s decision not to sign the pact. California adjourns.
Elijah Cone aged 72 city editor of the Daily News was drowned in the river at Fond du Lac Wisconsin.
In London advices Gen Buller holds positions near Ladysmith while Boers attack Nordwent and threaten Kimberley. Manila reports say Pio del Pilar died of fever and rebels in Albay and Siuzon use burning arrows as guerrilla fighting continues south of Manila.
Speeches in the U S senate on the financial bill by Wolcott Elkins and Butler. In the house a bill bans corporate political contributions and a bill allows continental goods in bond transfer. The executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill of 23874871 was reported. A mines department bill with a cabinet secretary was favorably reported. January fire losses reached 11775300 versus 10718000 in 1899. Col R W Thompson buried at Terre Haute. Las Cruces bank robbed of 3000. Princeton flag raised over Batan and Calayan islands. Chicago burglary rates up 50 percent. Francois Martinique strikers shot. eight dead, five dying, 11 injured. Newcastle Delaware public whippings kill four and wound others. Kentucky political scene unchanged. Taft heard Cincinnati contest arguments. St Paul Kansas fire destroys one third of business district. Samuel Forker dies at 79. Lincoln birthday marked nationwide. Maria Smith and six children burned at home in Stoney Creek. Lord Roberts commands British at Modder river. invasion of Orange Free State anticipated.
Reports note women sailors in Denmark Norway and Finland. 45 colleges show discouraging religious conditions. Booth Tucker claims America as a connective nation link. Mentions dowager empress forbidding European science in Chinese schools and Miss Susan B Anthony's eightieth birthday. Other items include tax and bankruptcy notes, Dartmouth centennial, and the oldest American women’s aid society in Philadelphia.
London reports say Boer forces under Joubert advance toward Buller targets with about 6000 men crossing the Tugela to outflank Buller. Bloys Farm near the Tugela becomes a hospital and the forts command lines toward Ladysmith as anxieties rise over potential Beers relief.
James Sweeney, a cotton foreman, was lynched in Port Arthur Texas after being acquitted of murder in Beaumont. He killed Charles Crumbach with a bayonet, the victim of a February 1 saloon dispute. A mob seized Sweeney at the depot, attempted to hang him, and finished after the rope was tightened. Sheriff Langham pursued suspects in Beaumont. Port Arthur, built around the Kansas City Pittsburgh Gulf railroad, is described as a northern town.
In Frankfort on February 12 1900 Republican leaders from across Kentucky met as Gov. Taylor refused to sign the Louisville agreement and pledged to let the courts decide the Goebel dispute. He reconvened the legislature and ordered troops home while Democratic sessions continued in Louisville under Beckham.
Reports from Manila describe insurgents in Albay Luzon using hill camps and burning arrows to harass American outposts. Towns are deserted as guerrilla bands strike and retreat, with civilians suffering from food shortages amid ongoing guerrilla warfare south of Manila. Fighting near Morong and Batangas leaves several American wounded, including a captain.
Late Dawson advices report a declining Klondike economy with merchants shuttering shops and signs reading to let as many prepare to relocate to Nome. Workers accept five dollar daily wages to secure cash before ice goes out, while Palace Grand theater is moved 2000 miles by barge to Nome under bond guarantees.
Elijah Cone city editor of the Morning Daily News in Fond du Lac Wisconsin drowned Saturday evening. He vanished from his desk on Saturday and a search began. His body was recovered Sunday morning from the Fond du Lac river near Second Street crossing. Cone, about 72, Yale graduate, likely fell from an unprotected river bank.
Schutz, a rich St. Louis county wine grower, was ambushed and mortally wounded Sunday night while reading a newspaper at his home near Clayton. The motive and shooter remain unknown. William Henry Green, head of the theological seminary at Princeton, has died.
A special dispatch from Fostoria reports six Columbia firecracker works employees were injured by an explosion in the powder room and much of the factory wrecked. Dell Everhart, the mixer of the explosives, was probably fatally injured.
St Louis reports the Republican state committee votes to hold a May 15 convention in Kansas City for nominating state officers choosing delegates at large to the national convention and selecting a new state committee. A fire in Worcester Mass gutted the Gilam block housing the National Biscuit Co causing sixty thousand dollars in damage with forty thousand to the company.
William M. Bunker, SF newspaper man and honorary Paris commissioner, writes that French opposition to the Kasson reciprocity treaty is more apparent than real in a letter to the local chamber of commerce. Not Indicted in Ohio Poison Case. The grand jury in Tiffin fails to indict Miss Orpha Sheets for poisoning her lover Claude Tuttle at Green Springs on December 1.
Eliza R. Parker urges proper dairy hygiene noting milking should occur in a clean area with washed vessels daily in hot Ivory Soap water. Milk must not be stored near vegetables to avoid off flavors, ensuring wholesome milk and butter.
Grain-O is advertised as a non stimulating drink that nourishes and cheers without spoiling sleep. It is described as resembling the taste of coffee and suitable for nervous persons, youths, and children. Available in 15 and 25 cent packages from grocers.
Write to J. C. Tucker G. N. Agent Big Four Route 234 Clark St Chicago Ill for full information as to Low Rate Excursion tickets to all Winter Resorts in the South east via Cincinnati Louisville Asheville Atlanta Jacksonville and East and West coasts of Florida as may be desired.
Train service from Central Station Park Row and 12th Street Lake Front Chicago offers routes to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland Duluth and the Northwest. Nearest ticket agent can provide further information. Jas Pond G P A Milwaukee Wis. To be afraid of your friend is to lose him Ram's Horn.
An old advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam stops coughing instantly and offers a free small bottle at purchase. It promotes larger bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents and urges prompt use, warning that delays are dangerous.
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Includes testimonials from Jennie Prickard of Springfield Illinois dated October 1 1894 and reference to Topeka’s deaf mute bar.
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